"It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years,…mehr
"It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist"--
Andrew R. Murphy is Professor of Political Science and the Richard L. Morrill Distinguished University Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Murphy is the author of Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration: The Political Thought of William Penn (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11 (Oxford University Press, 2009).
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Acknowledgments Guide to Notes and Abbreviations Prologue Chapter 1 - Origins Chapter 2 - A Young Man on the Move Chapter 3 - Cork and Convincement Chapter 4 - Celebrity Chapter 5 - The Great Opinionist Chapter 6 - American Affairs and Popish Plots Chapter 7 - Penn's Woods Chapter 8 - To America and Back Again Chapter 9 - Trouble on Both Sides of the Atlantic Chapter 10 - Seclusion and Solitude Chapter 11 - A Return to Public Life Chapter 12 - Pirates, Penn, and the Pennsylvanians Chapter 13 - Back in England Chapter 14 - William, Jr. Chapter 15 - "Prison" and After Epilogue Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Guide to Notes and Abbreviations Prologue Chapter 1 - Origins Chapter 2 - A Young Man on the Move Chapter 3 - Cork and Convincement Chapter 4 - Celebrity Chapter 5 - The Great Opinionist Chapter 6 - American Affairs and Popish Plots Chapter 7 - Penn's Woods Chapter 8 - To America and Back Again Chapter 9 - Trouble on Both Sides of the Atlantic Chapter 10 - Seclusion and Solitude Chapter 11 - A Return to Public Life Chapter 12 - Pirates, Penn, and the Pennsylvanians Chapter 13 - Back in England Chapter 14 - William, Jr. Chapter 15 - "Prison" and After Epilogue Bibliography Index
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